Catskills gaming topic of session with local officials
and Cuomo staffers

ALBANY – A number of Sullivan County
area officials and union representatives met with members of Governor
Cuomo’s economic development team in their effort to get casino
gaming off the ground in the Catskills and Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther
(D-Forestburg), who attended Wednesday’s Albany session called it
positive.

The locals were told the governor is interested in jobs and economic development.
They are pressing Cuomo for a letter of support for the Stockbridge Munsee
Tribe’s proposed casino, Gunther said.

“They have to have that letter in the [Bureau of Indian Affairs]
in order to move forward, so that’s one of the issues, and certainly
Empire [Resorts] is important to us. It already has 400 jobs,” she
said.

Empire Resorts owns and operates Monticello Casino and Raceway.

Also at the meeting were Sullivan County Legislature Chairman Jonathan
Rouis, Thompson Town Supervisor Anthony Cellini, and Sheet Metal Workers
Local 38 President and Business Manager Stephen Quaranto.

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